A federal judge has convicted three men of obstruction of an official proceeding for taking part in the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021.
Robert Morss of Pennsylvania, Geoffrey Sills of Virginia, and David Judd of Texas were found guilty of obstruction on Aug. 23. All three were also convicted of assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers, with Morss and Sills doing so with a dangerous weapon. That pair was also convicted of robbery.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, handed down the verdicts after the defendants chose a bench trial. That means a judge decides innocence or guilt, rather than a jury….